Ian Pace
Ian Pace is a pianist and musicologist, and Professor of Music, Culture and Society and University Advisor – Interdisciplinarity at City, University of London but writes here in a personal capacity
Is classical colonial?
Naive proposals to “decolonise” Western classical music risk losing the richness of its history
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
What women have lost
How can women focus on traditional feminist issues when spiteful men are demanding to be included?
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake